Local cohomology modules of polynomial or power series rings over rings of small dimension

Abstract: Let $A$ be a ring and $R$ be a polynomial or a power series ring over $A$. When $A$ has dimension zero, we show that the Bass numbers and the associated primes of the local cohomology modules over $R$ are finite. Moreover, if $A$ has dimension one and $\pi$ is an nonzero divisor, then the same properties hold for prime ideals that contain $\pi.$ These results do not require that $A$ contains a field. As a consequence, we give a different proof for the finiteness properties of local cohomology over unramified regular local rings. In addition, we extend previous results on the injective dimension of local cohomology modules over certain regular rings of mixed characteristic.